Indian Premier League

The umpire had never given a no-ball and this irked Mahendra Singh Dhoni who walked up to umpire to fight it out; later after a heated discussion, he settled for it not being a no-ball.

Dhoni led the team by example as he scored 58 off 43 balls and he was supported brilliantly by Ambati Rayudu (57 off 47 balls) as CSK bounced back after losing four wickets early to maintain their top spot in the IPL points table.

On Tuesday, Chennai Super Kings thrashed Kolkata Knight Rider with seven wickets claiming their fifth win in the Indian Premier League 2019 tournament. KKR made 108 for nine and CSK got home in 17.2 overs.

"World Cup selection will be a dream come true. I want to win matches for India and be more consistent and finish more games for the country," told India Today in an interview.

Post that KL Rahul slammed his 12th Indian Premier League fifty but failed to ensure victory for his team. Chennai Super Kings won the game by 22 runs.

The super over, however, revealed that Delhi still lags hard hitters on their side as they could muster just 10 off a Prasidh Krishna over. But then South African paceman Kagiso Rabada stepped in and took the game away from Kolkata Knight Riders by giving only 7 runs.

Cameras showed that the last ball bowled was a no-ball as Malinga overstepped, this was not spotted by the field umpire; angered with the incident, Virat Kohli slammed the umpire during the press conference.

Andre Russell’s second consecutive blistering knock helped Kolkata Knight Riders in beating the Kings XI Punjab by 28 runs in the sixth match of the Indian Premier League 2019.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is back and the 12th edition of the cash-rich league couldn't have hoped for a better start as defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are all set to take on the star-studded Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the opening game at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday.

Indian Premier League is all set to start and in the very first game, two heavyweights of Indian cricket - MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli - will clash with each other. In a latest TV commercial MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli can be seen challenging each other ahead of the tournament opener.